Yankees: Blue Jays executive Mark Shapiro trolling NYY will make fans fume

The Yankees weren’t happy with the lighting at Sahlen Field and the Blue Jays thought it was funny.

When the New York Yankees hit rock bottom this week after allowing 10 runs in a single inning to relinquish a four-run lead against the Toronto Blue Jays to drop their fourth straight game (and sixth of their last seven), the complaints even reached a new low.

After the 12-7 loss on Monday, Yankees players tried to make excuses about the lighting along with the possibility Blue Jays hitters “knew what was coming.” Teams have been playing at Sahlen Field for weeks now and we’ve yet to hear any issue with the venue’s lighting.

Both Adam Ottavino, who surrendered six earned runs and failed to record an out in relief, and catcher Kyle Higashioka made comments about the lights and how it was hard for the pitcher to see the catcher’s signs, perhaps resulting in a miscommunication which they believe may have contributed to Toronto’s offensive onslaught.

First, they were trolled by a Blue Jays prospect for these comments. Then Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro felt the need to chime in.

Of course, the Yankees manage to say one thing and everybody else hops on in to invalidate it as quickly as humanly possible. The Yankees should’ve known saying something about this would’ve made them a laughingstock considering this can be viewed as grasping for straws amid their horrific slide.

But then again, why was Shapiro “hoping” for that? Was there something up with the lighting we don’t know about? The Yankees have endured a ton of issues this year whether it’s scheduling or injuries, so why would they complain about this? Shapiro was just expecting the Yankees to complain? Doesn’t seem to make sense, but OK.

Nonetheless, it’s funny how irrelevant teams, players and executives love to provide commentary. A Blue Jays prospect by the name of Adam Kloffenstein? Ha, OK dude. An executive like Shapiro who has won a whole lot of nothing? And actually, when he left the Indians in 2015 to take the Blue Jays job, Cleveland went to the World Series the very next season — beating Toronto in the ALCS!

The Red Sox and their fans calling out the Yankees endlessly is something we should just expect at this point. It’ll never end. But the Blue Jays, no-name prospects, and executives that haven’t won a World Series despite being employed in baseball since 1990? Nope. We’re not going to let that fly.

Hey Toronto … do us a favor and go win something before you talk. And if you can manage to win an ALDS without covering your home field in trash, that’d be pretty cool too.

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